The Hill Articles: March 1, 2012

OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Birth-control battle shifts to House Schumer focuses on battle for the Senate, Scott Brown and contraception Senate set to continue work on highway bill in rare Friday session McConnell vows full-fledged assault on health law amid threat to his leadership Romney super-PAC doubles Super Tuesday ad buys Obama: I ‘screwed up’ during ’08 campaign OVERNIGHT TECH: Reid promises ‘fair hearing’ for GOP cybersecurity bill OVERNIGHT MONEY: All eyes on the milestone-seeking stock market OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Chu, White House rebut gas price claims Senators push new cybersecurity bill Ask A.B.: Romney remains fragile front-runner in GOP race VP: We ‘screwed up’ contraception rule Boehner defends GOP chairman facing Tea Party challenge Texas will move primary date to May 29 DAY’S END ROUNDUP Dems ask Boehner to rebuke Limbaugh over ‘slut’ comments World Bank needs Jeffrey Sachs Sheriff Joe says he has evidence Obama birth certificate could be forgery Buddy Roemer on getting hacked: ‘Shouldn’t they be picking on Newt?’ Dems propose new right for workers to request flexible work conditions Democrat: Letting Bush tax rates expire could stop sequestered cuts Court allows warrantless cellphone search Santorum fends off conservative critics of tax plan Herman Cain ad: Gasping goldfish is a metaphor for flailing economy Bringing oil intensity to the energy debate Blunt defends Romney, says question was confusing Durbin on new bank fees: ‘Here we go again’ Senate rejects Blunt amendment to limit birth-control mandate Look who pays less in taxes than Buffett and Romney Google privacy policy remains a cause for concern Limbaugh channels Santorum backer’s ‘aspirin’ comments on birth control State Department: Detained foreign NGO workers have left Egypt Highway bill inches forward Rick Perry bares arms in new collection of political action figures Sen. Grassley: GOP down to ‘person-and-a-half race’ Federal judge apologizes for forwarding racist Obama email Obama: Stop ‘subsidizing’ fossil fuels Conservative group to McConnell: Press health law repeal or resign as leader Rep. Gohmert: Breitbart’s death a loss to ‘nation and freedom’ Budget Committee GOP divided on August debt deal Obama asks Congress to vote down oil industry tax breaks Paul expands Super Tuesday ad buy into Idaho Obama campaign unveils new Facebook page design Gohmert honors Breitbart’s life and work in emotional floor speech Manufacturing grows at a slower rate America rich with energy possibilities Romney holds double-digit leads in two new national polls Bob Kerrey: Promises from Reid factored into Senate decision Gingrich says Obama should fire energy secretary for remark about gas prices GOP senators push cybersecurity bill that avoids ‘heavy hand of government’ Ivanka Trump eyed roaming Longworth Pro-Santorum super-PAC doubles ad buy in Ohio Sarah Palin: HBO’s ‘Game Change’ should be labeled ‘fiction’ Koch brothers accuse Obama campaign of intimidation tactics Bernanke takes GOP heat over housing paper RNC’s Priebus predicts GOP nominee by ‘April or May’ Boehner: GOP sour on short-term highway bill Paul Ryan: Romney ‘well-poised’ to secure nomination heading into Super Tuesday House Dems slam Limbaugh for ‘slut’ remarks Vulnerable senators stick with their parties on Blunt contraception vote Pelosi mocks GOP for launching Women’s History Month with Blunt amendment Cantor says JOBS bill set for House passage next week Bill Clinton: Romney’s father ‘turning over in grave’ at bailout opposition Democrats vow to move ahead on cigarette warnings despite legal setback Biden: Santorum’s ‘snob’ comments out of step with ‘all of America’ The IPAB is bad medicine for seniors AFL-CIO revamps website with eye on Nov. election Jackson Lee named House member with largest vocabulary Rep. Walden appoints cybersecurity working group Iran resolution, St. Croix bridge bill passed in suspension votes Obama administration ‘confident’ it can find birth-control compromise for self-insured plans Obama energy speech targets oil industry tax breaks Senators urge caution on Syria DC Metro says it can’t remove ‘Go to Hell’ Obama advertisement House passes resolution marking Selma voting-rights march GOP candidates, House GOP respond to Breitbart death Bingaman launches uphill battle with ‘clean’ power proposal Government should protect, not assault our religious freedom Obama honors veterans at White House dinner Obama tells ‘Sports Guy’ he has another five years in office Sebelius: Birth-control amendment in Senate ‘dangerous and wrong’ Republican senators warn of ‘competitive harm’ from oil rule Rising gas prices due to ‘commodity gamblers’ Reid decries ‘extreme ideological’ contraception amendment prior to vote Journalist Andrew Breitbart dead at 43 Klobuchar gets stronger challenger in Minnesota News bites: Google implements new privacy policy Send in the clowns Roemer says focus on candidate charisma trivializes presidential campaign The Republicans’ panic attack: Is it over or just beginning? Middle East observations News bites: Costly commutes Scott Brown pledges support for women in combat Crossroads hits Rep. Boswell with new ad News bites: China flinches on debt RNC ad hits Obama for ‘record-shattering’ 100th fundraiser McCain says he ‘did not get along with’ Santorum in Senate Weekly unemployment claims hit four-year low Latest poll shows Santorum with 21-point lead in Tennessee Thursday: Blunt amendment on contraception in the Senate Romney officially wins Wyoming as caucus voting concludes Two NATO troops killed by Afghans Obama meets ESPN’s ‘Sports Guy’ DNC Web ad paints Romney as bad for women News bites: Survey finds most Americans support ‘free’ birth-control rule McCaskill: If we don’t ‘take better care of the moderates’ it’s ‘not going to be pretty’ News bites: Pondering $5 per gallon gasoline Amid rising gas prices, Obama to call for vote on killing oil tax breaks Retiring Sen. Snowe would be near top of K Street wish list, insiders say McConnell to skip healthcare reform repeal votes until after election Obama turns up his blue collar Snowe’s exit shakes up Senate panels MORNING READ Ohio is next battlefield for the GOP Pressure is on Senate after House kills healthcare law’s ‘rationing board’ Santorum let his moment come, then go Pelosi: Limbaugh’s ‘vicious attacks’ on student uncivilized House approves DC election bill, sets up two Thursday votes Obama: Apology to Afghans helped ‘calm things down’ ‘Phantom filibuster’ blocking path forward for highway bill, says Reid Patriotic Eating Despite recent broken nose, docs give Kerry the go-ahead to hit the ice Gabrielle Union chows down after Capitol Hill briefing on teen violence Ivanka Trump eyed roaming Longworth Rick Perry bares arms in new collection of political action figures Sen. Inhofe tackles global warming Dems vow: No more cuts for federal workers Jackson Lee named House member with largest vocabulary Romney’s new tax proposals add $3.4 trillion to deficit Romney: Obama, Michael Moore encouraged Democrats to vote Santorum out of fear McConnell wants fast-track authority done by Memorial Day OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Obama takes energy pitch north amid partisan warfare